1. Commission Européenne – DG DEV Governance in the 10th EDF for ACP countries The governance incentive tranche

2. Slide 2 Commission Européenne – DG DEV Governance and development Effective and efficient support to democratic governance processes will directly contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development objectives ACP/EU partnership approach to governance based on dialogue, incentives for reform and countries ownership over reforms

3. Slide 3 Commission Européenne – DG DEV The framework Governance in the Cotonou agreement -Issue for political dialogue -Area for cooperation -Integrated in essential / fundamental elements Dialogue and incentives to -Consolidate democratic governance processes -Support partner countrys programmes -Encourage ACP countries to engage in reforms Additional amount reserved in an incentive tranche for countries that decide to put forward a Governance Action Plan

4. Slide 4 Commission Européenne – DG DEV Incentive tranche: part of 10th EDF 20% of EDF funds for the incentive tranche to top up EDF initial allocations Tranche intended to encourage political will to reform expressed in the Governance Plan, not to rank countries Allocation submitted to a monitoring process

5. Slide 5 Commission Européenne – DG DEV Methodology/1 Plans of action designed by Governments Assessed on three criteria -Relevance – effective link with identified weaknesses -Ambition – political will (external sign: extent to which weaknesses are addressed) -Credibility – capacity to undertake reforms (external sign: plan supported by a set of result- oriented indicators and a realistic timetable)

6. Slide 6 Commission Européenne – DG DEV Methodology/2 Situations of post-crisis / fragility -taken into consideration in the assessment APRM -Specific extra allocation of 5% for plans presented by countries that have finalised APRM -Consistent with EU support to the APRM process

7. Slide 7 Commission Européenne – DG DEV Governance Action Plans: monitoring Monitoring of the implementation of the Plan part of the regular political dialogue Overall performance in the implementation taken into consideration for the revision of the overall country allocation, not of the incentive tranche alone Role for civil society in the monitoring mechanisms